Being Mormon in Walton County, Georgia

As a faith, it has alternately fascinated and worried Americans since it first arose in a New York time more than a century earlier.

It’s been denounced as a cult even as it is embraced by millions. It’s been the butt of jokes and parodies, been the ironic source of an entire Broadway musical and, with the candidacy of Republican Mitt Romney for the presidency, been in the news for months.